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By Val Bauer Representative Laurie Jinkins HB (House Bill) 1962 is a bill written in order to require private colleges in Washington state to elucidate the rules of the student conduct process for students. The abstract included in the bill is: “AN ACT Relating to disciplinary procedures at private institutions of higher education.” HB 1962 was written by State Rep. Laurie Jinkins, who “represents the 27th Legislative District in Pierce County,” according to the Washington House of Democrats website. The 27th Legislative District includes “East, Downtown, Hilltop, North, Northeast, West,...

By Aidan Regan In 2015, Donald Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” Following two other immigration-related executive orders, this one suspends all refugees from entry into the United States for 120 days, as well as citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries—Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen—for 90 days. This includes citizens with visas. The order also suspended green card holders...

By Molly Wampler   “Some problems we share as women, some we do not.” --Audre Lorde, feminist theorist   On the day following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, millions of women and allies joined Women’s Marches across the nation and the world to “stand together in solidarity” and communicate to elected officials the public’s expectation that they “act to protect the rights of women, their families and their communities,” as written on the Women’s March’s official website.   Initially planned for Washington D.C. alone, the idea of a post-inaugural...

By Madeline Brown Dec 9th, 2016 In the Spring of 1962, Puget Sound began construction on the present day fraternity houses on Union Avenue, located to the west of the main campus. Along with the new men’s housing, an underground dining experience connecting each of the new fraternity buildings was introduced. The construction of the fraternity houses in the 1960s led to a unique architectural attribute of the underground kitchen. “The units are occupied by five fraternities: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Sigma....

By Molly Wampler Last weekend, Nov. 11-13, The Cascade Climate Network (CCN) of environmental activism clubs from universities from across the Pacific Northwest gathered at Puget Sound for their annual Fall convergence, “Fall Flurry.” CCN puts on three such meetings every year, bringing in guest speakers and workshop facilitators from across the country. In attendance this year were around 57 students from Reed College, Western Washington University, Lewis and Clark College, Evergreen State College, University of Washington, Portland State and the University of Puget Sound. Emma Farmer Casey, a co-leader...